The last two numbers are the percentage above (below) median. This identifies the shows that have seen their ratings drop. Bionic Woman, for example, was down 31% from the median rating. Shows that continue to fall are probably in bad shape.

Show

Network

Date

Rat

18R

R%

18%

Dancing With The Stars (Performance)

ABC

MON

13.5

5.2

4%

0%

Two and a Half Men

CBS

MON

8.7

5.0

1%

5%

Heroes

NBC

MON

6.0

4.9

-10%

-5%

CSI: Miami

CBS

MON

9.6

4.4

-4%

-5%

Rules of Engagement

CBS

MON

7.0

4.0

1%

1%

Samantha Who?

ABC

MON

8.5

4.0

-14%

-12%

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

MON

6.1

3.8

12%

10%

How I Met Your Mother

CBS

MON

5.5

3.4

7%

5%

Prison Break

FOX

MON

4.5

3.4

-6%

10%

Chuck

NBC

MON

4.6

3.2

-3%

7%

The Bachelor

ABC

MON

6.0

3.2

-6%

-6%

Journeyman

NBC

MON

3.4

2.1

-23%

-25%

The Game

CW

MON

1.7

1.1

-11%

-8%

Everybody Hates Chris

CW

MON

1.7

1.0

0%

0%

Girlfriends

CW

MON

1.5

0.9

-6%

-10%

Aliens In America

CW

MON

1.2

0.7

-25%

-13%

House

FOX

TUE

10.9

7.7

1%

3%

Law & Order: SVU

NBC

TUE

7.9

4.3

-5%

-10%

NCIS

CBS

TUE

11.6

4.1

12%

17%

Dancing With The Stars (Results)

ABC

TUE

10.8

3.9

-4%

-8%

Bones

FOX

TUE

6.1

3.6

11%

13%

The Biggest Loser

NBC

TUE

5.3

3.3

14%

10%

The Unit

CBS

TUE

7.0

3.0

0%

0%

Boston Legal

ABC

TUE

7.1

2.8

1%

4%

Cane

CBS

TUE

5.3

2.0

-11%

-13%

Carpoolers

ABC

TUE

3.6

1.9

-24%

-31%

Cavemen

ABC

TUE

3.2

1.7

-29%

-37%

Beauty and the Geek

CW

TUE

1.7

1.3

-17%

-19%

Reaper

CW

TUE

1.6

1.0

-10%

-23%

Criminal Minds

CBS

WED

9.1

3.8

-3%

1%

CSI: NY

CBS

WED

8.4

3.5

-4%

-9%

Kitchen Nightmares

FOX

WED

4.1

2.9

0%

-3%

Bionic Woman

NBC

WED

4.1

2.7

-37%

-31%

Life

NBC

WED

4.1

2.6

-20%

-7%

America's Next Top Model

CW

WED

3.4

2.5

6%

0%

'Til Death

FOX

WED

4.2

2.4

5%

-4%

Back To You

FOX

WED

4.2

2.2

-7%

-8%

Phenomenon

NBC

WED

3.7

2.2

-19%

-17%

Kid Nation

CBS

WED

4.5

2.1

-4%

-13%

Gossip Girl

CW

WED

1.8

1.2

0%

-8%

Grey's Anatomy

ABC

THU

12.4

7.9

1%

3%

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CBS

THU

13.8

6.5

8%

2%

Without A Trace

CBS

THU

13.7

6.3

47%

70%

Survivor: China

CBS

THU

8.8

4.8

4%

4%

The Office

NBC

THU

4.9

4.3

-3%

-7%

Big Shots

ABC

THU

5.9

3.6

1%

0%

Ugly Betty

ABC

THU

7.4

3.5

7%

3%

ER

NBC

THU

5.8

3.5

-5%

-8%

My Name Is Earl

NBC

THU

4.7

3.3

-5%

3%

Scrubs

NBC

THU

3.9

3.2

-5%

-15%

30 Rock

NBC

THU

4.1

3.1

-1%

2%

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Thurs)

FOX

THU

5.2

2.6

0%

13%

Don't Forget the Lyrics (Thurs)

FOX

THU

3.9

2.3

7%

28%

Smallville

CW

THU

3.0

1.9

3%

0%

Supernatural

CW

THU

1.9

1.3

0%

8%

Ghost Whisperer

CBS

FRI

6.5

2.9

12%

18%

Numb3rs

CBS

FRI

6.6

2.8

8%

6%

Moonlight

CBS

FRI

5.1

2.5

0%

16%

Don't Forget the Lyrics (Fri)

FOX

FRI

3.9

2.3

Deal or No Deal (Fri)

NBC

FRI

6.1

2.1

4%

2%

Women's Murder Club

ABC

FRI

6.6

2.0

2%

0%

20/20

ABC

FRI

5.0

1.9

4%

-5%

Friday Night Lights

NBC

FRI

3.7

1.9

-2%

0%

Las Vegas

NBC

FRI

4.6

1.8

-11%

-18%

WWE Friday Night Smackdown!

CW

FRI

2.9

1.6

13%

14%

Men in Trees

ABC

FRI

4.4

1.5

-1%

-12%

The Next Great American Band

FOX

FRI

1.8

1.0

2%

-17%

Cops

FOX

SAT

4.0

2.2

12%

16%

America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back

FOX

SAT

4.0

2.2

3%

7%

Saturday Night Football

ABC

SAT

3.7

1.9

7%

19%

48 Hours: Mystery

CBS

SAT

5.1

1.8

18%

9%

Desperate Housewives

ABC

SUN

12.0

7.2

2%

0%

NBC Sunday Night Football

NBC

SUN

9.1

5.6

-3%

-8%

Family Guy

FOX

SUN

6.1

5.4

10%

11%

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

ABC

SUN

8.9

5.3

15%

15%

The Simpsons

FOX

SUN

6.2

5.1

15%

12%

Brothers & Sisters

ABC

SUN

8.7

5.0

4%

6%

American Dad

FOX

SUN

4.8

4.0

22%

29%

King of the Hill

FOX

SUN

4.7

3.7

13%

4%

The Amazing Race

CBS

SUN

6.4

3.1

-25%

-26%

Cold Case

CBS

SUN

8.2

3.0

-2%

-6%

Football Night in America

NBC

SUN

5.9

2.7

36%

-16%

60 Minutes

CBS

SUN

8.6

2.6

-4%

-4%

Shark

CBS

SUN

7.6

2.6

4%

4%

America's Funniest Home Videos

ABC

SUN

4.0

2.4

-22%

-8%

CW Now

CW

SUN

0.8

0.4

33%

33%

Life is Wild

CW

SUN

1.0

0.4

6%

0%

This week's programming looks pretty normal. Women's Murder Club is airing a new episode in Big Shot's timeslot on Thursday night, with another new episode airing in the normal slot on Friday. ABC's Sunday night programming is being prempted by the American Music Awards. ABC's Saturday Night Football game is Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech. NBC's Sunday Night Football game is New England vs. Buffalo. Everything else is new programming.Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Originally posted by hazWithout looking at last weeks numbers, it would seem tha Without a Trace was high for the week because of the connected episode with the CSI just before it.

Personally, I have never watched the show before last week, and probably won't again as the characters did not interest me much. I just wanted to see how the CSI ended....

That's the other note I forgot to post. Yeah, a 42% increase in total viewers in one week would be basically unprecedented in a non-gimmick setting like this.The Country Music Awards got a 10.1 and a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo. That was higher than all of of the shows that normally air on ABC on Wednesdays.

Originally posted by BoromirMarkEvery time I view these ratings and I see another useless show better the Office in ratings (Big Shots this week), I die a little more inside.

Don't look at the overall rating, that's just the result of 60 year olds forgetting where they put the remote ;)

That's wishful thinking... but still completely wrong.

Look at the shows that are on during The Office (Grey's Anatomy, CSI) which combined, get about the same ratings as The Office will get if it was the only show on tv ever.

We may enjoy shows like The Office, Chuck, Heroes, Reaper, etc... but the audience for these shows is so small and exact (I.E.: Nerds and Dorks... HEY, I'm one of them, don't blame ME for stating the obvious!) that it's really a miracle that they are even still on the air. Really, look at the highest rated shows not counting Football as then look to see which of those have 'Fan Conventions'. CSI, House, Grey's Anatomy... you don't see the fans of these shows making treks to little town in Ohio to meet up with other fans.

Heroes got lucky last season, there was just enough action to get some of the normal people to watch it and help it slowly build to a somewhat respectable viewing audience (For NBC that is, if it was on ABC or CBS, it would'nt have made it to a second season, much less a full first season), but then they killed it with the time travel plot. That essentially killed it's audience with people changing the channel to something else.

We are in the minority, and we need to just get used to it. When our favority shows (of the year, they never last long...) get's cancelled, hop online and bitch about it for the next few years until another one comes along (Wonderfalls anyone?). Don't worry, there will be others (I'm pretty sure The Office is getting the same ratings Newsradio had, it's just a matter of time... tick tick tick!)

Anyways... uh, I'm really glad to see NCIS building it's following year after year. Keep up the good work!

Originally posted by CerebusHeroes got lucky last season, there was just enough action to get some of the normal people to watch it and help it slowly build to a somewhat respectable viewing audience (For NBC that is, if it was on ABC or CBS, it would'nt have made it to a second season, much less a full first season), but then they killed it with the time travel plot. That essentially killed it's audience with people changing the channel to something else.

I remember reading last year that Heroes was NBC's best debuting drama in 10 years or something. Heroes' ratings for last year were great. It was #1 in it's time slot above even the almighty 24 for most of the year.

This year however, I see the numbers drop every week, even the last couple weeks where it's had good episodes, which kinda worries me. Maybe they've pissed off even some of their hardcore fans?

Originally posted by Nuclear WinterIsn't one of the reasons The Office is still around that it gets great ratings in the "filthy rich people with a lot of money to spend on products they see advertised" demographic?

I believe it does something like the best ratings among people who earn $75,000 or more. Not only that, but it still does very good numbers in the 18-49. Look at the difference between The Office and a show like NCIS. NCIS gets an 11.6 overall rating versus the 4.9 of The Office. But among the coveted 18-49 group The Office outrates NCIS 4.3 to 4.1.

Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov in the three reboot films, has died at the age of 27 in a freak car accident. Rest in peace, Anton. I thought you were hilarious in Star Trek. "Wictor-Wictor two!